Amyra Dastur Quotes

I love fashion. I think it's so important, because it's how you show yourself to the world.

Not one person I know isn't concerned with their appearance. To trivialize fashion is to rob ourselves of a great tool.

It's very important to me that I look good when I go out publicly. I like looking at my clothes rack in the morning and deciding what to pick out. I enjoy fashion.

When we were going to NYU, I think that was the first time we were aware of the power of our personal style. Not the power of it, but the result of it.

I just wear what I think looks nice.

I don't have any style.

The biggest criticism would be buying clothes that are too big or trying too hard. I tend to like things a little leaner and more formfitting. I believe personal style often outweighs fashion. Just be yourself.

I am starting to get into this whole idea of caring about what I wear. There was a time in my life when I could not care less about fashion.

I happen to be in a line of work where I get given lots of clothes, and I definitely think it's fun, but I know that, ultimately, fashion is not that important. I use fashion, though, as a way of thinking about who I am.

I only became interested in clothes when I was in my mid-teens. I'd do things like spike my hair and put on a nice shirt, but I'd hardly call myself fashion-conscious. I just don't have the energy.

What you wear can largely govern your feelings and your emotions, and how you look influences the way people regard you. So fashion plays an important role on both the practical level and the aesthetic level.

My style would be whatever I look my best in.

Fashion is a funny thing to talk about. I think what you wear is definitely an extension of you, but I also think it's totally arbitrary.

Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine.

I don't really have a main source for my style inspiration. It's really about however I feel about myself at the moment.

I can't help who I am. I'm just doing what I feel like I should do in my heart. If I was walking around with Timbs and a hoodie on, people would see that that's not me.

I always say that I don't like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the runway. I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.

I went to art and design high school with a lot of people taking fashion. They would get up in the morning, and what they put on meant a lot to them.

It's important to find what really suits who you are, because style isn't only what you wear, it's what you project.

I fell in love with dressing myself up.

Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.

I have a lot of social engagements, and I like to dress up for them. I try to wear what I feel comfortable in, as self-confidence is so much about how you look. Generally, I love to wear long dresses; they make you feel special.

I don't really follow fashion exactly, but I've always been very interested in the way that you present yourself as an expression of yourself, so that's my idea of fashion and style from a personal point of view.

I think it's important to have your own individual style and sense of self. It's kind of what I do.

I never cared about buying things for myself, like clothes. And then all of a sudden I realized how great it is to be very precise about the shirts that I wear and all the things that are a part of my closet. So the ritual of fashion and shopping became very personal to me.